Detect which drive is a Zip drive programatically

[Richard H. Rowson]

Does anyone know of a way to detect which drive is a Zip drive (I guess in
the same way that the various system variables can be queried) ?>Thanks

[Tony Toews]

Re: Detect which drive is a Zip drive programatically

"Richard H. Rowson" <richard@dragon song1.co.uk> wrote:
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>Does anyone know of a way to detect which drive is a Zip drive (I guess in
>the same way that the various system variables can be queried) ?>Thanks[/color]

AFAIK all you can determine is if it is a removable drive. There are API calls for
this. http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=45

It may be possible that the ZIP drivers have some API call you can make to see if
they are ZIP drives. But you'd have to check IOMega's website.

Tony

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[TC]

Re: Detect which drive is a Zip drive programatically

Tony Toews <ttoews@teluspl anet.net> wrote in message news:<lnf8pv8t6 0h7v1m05hc807fl eodgfn9ek8@4ax. com>...[color=blue]
> "Richard H. Rowson" <richard@dragon song1.co.uk> wrote:
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> >Does anyone know of a way to detect which drive is a Zip drive (I guess in
> >the same way that the various system variables can be queried) ?>Thanks[/color]
>
> AFAIK all you can determine is if it is a removable drive. There are API calls for
> this. http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=45
>
> It may be possible that the ZIP drivers have some API call you can make to see if
> they are ZIP drives. But you'd have to check IOMega's website.
>
> Tony[/color]


It's probably in the registry somewhere - no idea where, tho'.

TC

[Tony Toews]

Re: Detect which drive is a Zip drive programatically

aatcbbtccctc@ya hoo.com (TC) wrote:
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>It's probably in the registry somewhere - no idea where, tho'.[/color]

Good point. Searching on Zip could find it.

Tony
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